Week 9 - Ellis Island

Vocabulary practice words and meanings for this week.

Spelling: Listen, spell, and practice this week's words with games and dictation.

Grammar: This week we'll practice past time clauses.  Check out this page for an introduction, then try the practice exercises.  (You'll have to write your answers down and then check them.)

Interested to learn more about Ellis Island?  Here's the park service website.  It's full of photos and stories about the people who passed through Ellis Island.

Week 8 - Writing a Resume

Vocabulary practice words and meanings for this week.

Spelling: Listen, spell, and practice this week's words with games and dictation.

Grammar: This week we'll learn about using Infinitives in English.  Here's a page with information and exercises with gerunds and infinitives.   Try this practice exercise.

Week 7 - Finding a Job

Vocabulary practice words and meanings for this week.

Spelling: Listen, spell, and practice this week's words with games and dictation.

Grammar: This week we'll learn about using GERUNDS.  Here is an exercise with gerunds as subjects in sentences.  This one is practice with spelling the gerunds correctly.

Scholarship information

Here's the information about the scholarships.  Each one requires you to write a 200-300 word essay.  I encourage you to apply! 

The final deadline is April 11, but if you need a recommendation letter from me, your due date is April 4th so I have time to write the letter. 

The applications are on the right side of the page.
http://sdce.edu/organization/scholarships

Week 6 - Economizing on a Wedding

Vocabulary practice words and meanings for this week.

Spelling: Listen, spell, and practice this week's words with games and dictation.

Grammar: This week we'll work some more on Subject and Object pronouns - for example, they and them.  and we'll also look at reflexive pronouns, like myself and themselves.